by Jack Perconte | Dec 5, 2017 | Jack's Corner, Opinion Pieces
I Was Lucky even without a baseball swing analyzer I feel very lucky to have grown up when the television was beginning to be in every household. If not, I am not sure how I would have learned to hit a baseball. To this day, I remember watching the 1961 World Series...
by Jack Perconte | Jun 16, 2017 | Hitting Tips, Hitting Videos
Day 2 Bat Load hitting Drill Here is the second drill for coaches to try to help players find a comfortable way for them to load the bat when preparing to swing. Each player is different so a trial and error process is often necessary to arrive at the best one for...
by Jack Perconte | Aug 2, 2015 | Diary
Baseball hitting experts are not made overnight Angels manager Mike Scioscia wrote in the foreword to my hitting book that the only thing more difficult than hitting may be the coaching of it. So true. The advancement in video technology applications makes accurate...
by Jack Perconte | Apr 12, 2015 | Baseball Tips, Hitting Tips
Not Every Good Baseball Swing Produces Contact I wish I had a dollar for every time a player hit the ball, a bystander yells good job, and I respond with “That was not the right swing.” Or, for the times I said good swing and the batter completely missed the ball. A...
by Jack Perconte | Aug 2, 2014 | Hitting Tips, Hitting Videos, The Perfect Swing, Video of the Week
Shortening the Swing – Developing Lightning in the Hands This hitting drill works for shortening players’ swings. Many young hitters have long arm swings, and fail to use their hands, wrists and forearms. Others, start the bat a long way from the contact zone by...